• MagnyusG@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Zombies aren’t cool anymore, so renaming is an attempt at making them interesting.

    Mechs are cool af, but just calling them mechs makes it boring.

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        3 months ago

        The walking dead is not peak zombie. It might be peak soap opera.

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            3 months ago

            I feel like even back then TWD was seen as a refreshing take on a tired concept. I wouldn’t call that “peak” zombie, though I have no idea what the actual era of “peak” zombie would even be, 2007? no clue.

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              3 months ago

              You’re probably right, I think I’m biased and/or misremembering because I wasn’t a fan of the genre until a little later on.

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              3 months ago

              Maybe I’m wrong. How I remember it is it was born out of that time and kicked the end of that time down the road a bit. Remember TWD had spin offs (maybe just one?) and copy cats and adaptations and so on. But yeah it’s almost 15 years old now, so it’s relatively old for a show.

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      3 months ago

      I think it’s to show that the characters don’t know what zombies are so when they have to learn the same tired tropes that most zombie mythos regurgitates it makes sense to the audience.